Worst pointing device (was: Best keyboards you've used ever!

From: Fred Cisin <cisin_at_xenosoft.com>
Date: Fri Aug 27 14:32:24 2004

> > >>> Worst keyboard is anything with the little eraserhead
> > >>> pointing device in the middle. Distracts from typing,
> > >>> useless for pointing.
> > Although I hate them too...I have found they are the only worksable solution
> > with everything is moving [e.g. while standing on the metro...]
On Fri, 27 Aug 2004, Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
> As if the invention of the mouse wasn't bad enough, the little red pointer
> is the worst atrocity to be foisted upon computer users ever since.

I had a chance to try Lee Felsenstein's version of an "isometric
joystick", and it worked reasonably well.
I was then very disappointed with the action of the IBM version.

BTW, during development, before release to the public, IBM's
was sometimes internally called "the clitoris".
Received on Fri Aug 27 2004 - 14:32:24 BST